Turkey: Bombs PKK targets – Kurds talk of dead

THE Turkish Air Force unleashed bombings in the Iraq against his guerrilla positions Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)Authorities in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan have said “human casualties” have been reported.

“Turkish fighter jets have targeted several PKK fighter positions”, mainly in the areas Mahmour and Sinjar, his counter-terrorism service said in a statement Kurdistan, without giving a specific account of the victims.

The PKK, an organization described as “terrorist” by Anchor and its western allies, has bases and training camps in the area Sinjar and in mountainous areas of Iraq Kurdistan, adjacent to Turkey.

THE Anchor, which has de facto established several dozen military bases in Iraq for 25 years Kurdistan, launched in the spring of 2021 the ninth large-scale military operation against PKK in the northern part of Iraq, with repeated air strikes and sometimes ground battles.

“According to the information we have received, the Turkish Air Force has bombed six PKK positions in the Karzoχ Mountains,” which oversee a refugee camp. Kurdish in the area Mahmour, according to the announcement.

There have also been reports of “blows” against “two other positions in the Sinjar Mountains and neighboring Syria”, as well as bombings in the area. Σίλα of Iraq, also very close to the border with Syria.

“The bombings resulted in casualties and property damage,” the statement said.

Its Ministry of Defense Turkey in a message on twitter stated that “the nests of terrorists fall on their heads”, while he stated that he hit targets in the area as well Karajak in the context of the operation called “Winter Eagle”.

For its part, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights spoke yesterday (1/2) about a “Turkish UAV strike” against a position of the Syrian Kurdish forces near the oil wells in Rameilan, in the northeastern part of the war Syria, without reference to PKK.

The northeast Syria is in their hands Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who have been repeatedly involved in battles with Turkish troops, also present in parts of the north Syria.

In December, three Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack in the north Iraq, attributed to PKK from Anchor. In August, four Turkish soldiers were killed during operations against separatists in the area.

Also in August, at least three people were killed in an airstrike Turkey in the northwest Iraq, aiming at a clinic where an injured executive is believed to have been treated PKK.

Source: News Beast

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